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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 225719, member: 405"]
I'm sorry, but if you've actually watched enough of the games, then you know that Melo pouts and is really lazy on defense. He just about threw a fit when he didn't get a pass in the low block last night, and then sure enough, he didn't run back on defense and his guy hit a 3. Rinse, lather, repeat. Melo as a pro doesn't play much like the Melo who played here. Here, Melo was better about passing the ball, ran the floor better, and was not a black hole on offense. He also worked the baseline much more, and took fewer contested jump shots.  
 
He didn't pull this  on the Olympic team.  He got his max contract - even if it meant gutting the Knicks of their best role players to get him, so why is he so concerned still with getting his 15-20 shots a game, if the team is under .500 with him as a player ?  Since he's come to the Knicks, he symbolizes what's wrong with the NBA to me - selfish players who care more about their stats than about winning.  I thought Tyson Chandler would have taken care of that.  I think Chandler needs to go off on Melo in the press.  And while we're at it, Stoudamire pouts a lot and doesn't play a lot of defense, either.
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